The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) (@EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced the release of new versions for all 18 of its accreditation programs for use starting January 1, 2018. The significant updates to the 2018 criteria are in a large part due to EHNAC's recently announced partnership…

PCDH Launch Lays Foundation for HIEs to Support Better Patient Care by Making It Possible to Deliver Patient Medical Record Alerts Across the Country The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) (@SHIEClive), a collaborative representing health information exchanges (HIEs), announced the national launch of the Patient Centered Data Home™ (PCDH) initiative, a nationwide initiative coordinated by SHIEC’s HIE members, including…

The Iowa Health Information Network (@IowaHIN) announced it has signed a Software as a Service agreement with the Koble Group (@KobleGroup), a Minnesota state-certified Health Information Organization (HIO) operating on a robust platform for sharing data, powered by Orion Health (@OrionHealth). The addition of IHIN to the Koble Group Amadeus platform is a significant step forward in Koble Group's efforts…

OmniSystems will support EHNAC’s growth throughout the United Kingdom and Caribbean while leveraging the firm’s technical and consulting expertise within these markets The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) (@EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced a collaborative partnership with OmniSystems, Inc. (@OmniSystemsInc), a full-service information technology firm providing systems…

Healthcare Organizations are Exchanging More than 1.7 Million Clinical Documents per Month through Carequality During The Sequoia Project’s (@sequoiaproject) Annual Meeting, one of its key initiatives, Carequality, reported tremendous growth since it became operational in July of 2016. To date, more than 1,000 hospitals, 25,000 clinics, and 580,000 health care providers are connected through the Carequality interoperability framework. To put…

Partnerships with industry experts to assist covered entities in enhancing privacy and security compliance The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) (@THSA_HealthIT) is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its privacy and security certification program, known as SECURETexas, by partnering with multiple industry experts. These industry partners, who were selected as SECURETexas Preferred Vendors, work with covered entities to ensure…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan named three members to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). The committee, created by the 21st Century Cures Act, is charged with making recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology relating to the implementation of national and local health information technology (health IT)…

'Physician Innovation Network’ builds on AMA efforts to ensure digital health tools are patient-centered, evidence-based, interoperable and outcomes-focused As part of its ongoing work to shape and support effective digital health innovation using physician expertise, the American Medical Association (AMA) (@AmerMedicalAssn) announced an online platform designed to bring physicians and health tech companies together to develop and improve health care technology…

The vendors of healthcare's next big innovation are reviewed in this installment of the Black Book "Emerging Tech Vendors" series. Black Book™ (@blackbookpolls) conducted a Q3 survey of 88 healthcare payers and 276 provider technology executives, managers and IT specialists to deliver a better comprehension of current and planned enterprise deployment of blockchain solutions. The survey also pursed to measure…

Report Details How the SHIN-NY Supports Coordinated Care, Improving Patient Outcomes, and Reducing Costs; Looks to Impact Population Health Emphasizing the potential for universal access to health information, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) (@NYeHealth), in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health, released the SHIN-NY 2020 Roadmap: Improving Health in Our Communities. Developed in conjunction with New…

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